Please help! My tailbone hurts!

I am only 11 weeks pregnant and for the past 4 weeks my tailbone has been killing me. It hurts to sit on a comfy couch, floor, anything. Is it normal to be having this pain this early? I did have really bad back labor with my daughter and I didnt know if this could possibly be the cause of the pain?

Back pain can occur at any time during the pregnancy because the uterus is growing. It is however, safe to see a chiropractor and have an x-ray checked out there and an adjustment has done wonders for me! If you go this route, ask him for some lower back stretches to help strengthen the muscles and increase flexibility. I found some on youtube that seem to help me... just look under steadyhealth videos. Here's one of them... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZvwUzUtkNU Hope this helps!

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